Fiction & Poetry

ALL THAT MAN IS by David Szalay
Szalay writes with voluptuous authority about masculinity under duress in this novel in stories.

BLACK WATER by Louise Doughty
Expecting to be assassinated, the hero of this excellent novel grapples with guilt over his actions in Indonesia.

CHILDREN OF THE NEW WORLD by Alexander Weinstein
The terror that technology may rob us of authentic experience—that it may annihilate our very sense of self—is central to this debut collection of short stories.

THE NORTH WATER by Ian McGuire — aNYT “10 Best Books of 2016” pick!
In McGuire’s darkly brilliant novel, the crew of a doomed whaling ship bound for the Arctic Circle must reckon with fierce weather, pure evil, and the shadows of Melville and Conrad.

THE SPORT OF KINGS by C.E. Morgan
Three Kentucky dynasties—black, white and equine—converge in this vitally written if melodramatic novel.

WEATHERING by Lucy Wood
This poetic debut novel, set in a damp house near a roaring river, explores the relationships between mothers and daughters.

Nonfiction

IN THE DARKROOM by Susan Faludi — aNYT “10 Best Books of 2016” pick!
Faludi offers a rich and ultimately generous investigation of her long-estranged father, who suddenly contact her from his home in Hungary after undergoing gender-reassignment surgery at the age of 76.

IN GRATITUDE by Jenny Diski
In her final memoir before her death, Diski, who was quasi-adopted by Doris Lessing, examines the origin, and the close, of her life as a writer.